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[joinwooHK]

Did anyone used Black magic cam , and any comment? may be consider buying one for the furture production house. Thanks your opinion.

[hornbuckle]

We shot a short film with one, did double system as the camera didn't do sound at the time (dunno if it does yet) was just like shooting with a DSLR.

 

Rob

[Tapio]

I've ordered the camera but it hasn't arrived yet - due to BIG problems at the factory. 

 

I'll post some impressions of the camera here once it finally arrives.

[joinwooHK]

Great .. ths for advices.

 

 

Taipo , do u mean lacking supply?

[nwstudios]

Taipo , do u mean lacking supply?

 

Last I heard they were still filling the preorders from May of last year.

Problems with the glass that was laminated to the sensors or something like that.

There are not a lot of them out there yet.

[dominiquegreffard]

We shot a short film with one, did double system as the camera didn't do sound at the time (dunno if it does yet) was just like shooting with a DSLR.

Rob

What framerate can you shoot with it?

[Jim Feeley]

You can get the specs and such for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera here:

http://www.blackmagi...iccinemacamera/

 

It currently offers these frame rates:

23.98p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p, 30p

[Mark O'Russa]

I came across some good reviews a few months back:

http://philipbloom.net/2012/09/05/bmd/ - a good review of it's features and what it's missing, although probably outdated.

 - a good look at it's color, light, and sensor capabilities.

 

It has/had some odd features like 1/4" audio jacks, no display of f-stop or other lens info. Also, no good external power solution - it has a built-in rechargeable battery. Again, this is from early reviews and firmware 1.0. I'm sure much has changed already. 

 

It has the capability to produce higher quality images than a 5d, but that's not saying much. At $3k, you might as well spring for a RED One at $4k, if they still sell the battle tested ones.

 

Still, it's nice to have options, competition, and growth in that market.

 

Mark O.

[Philip Perkins]

A DP I work with a fair amount just bought one.  He's an "early adopter", esp re 5D then C300.  I'm hoping to get to do some long-run sync tests with it, then figure out how to mount a scratch track RX on it.

 

philp

[Michael Gilbert]

My roomate just got his in a week or two ago.  He is a camera guy so I can see if there is some time where we run some tests and he can give his insight from a camera perspective and I can do audio/sync tests.  Any tests in particular to try and run?

[Philip Perkins]

My roomate just got his in a week or two ago.  He is a camera guy so I can see if there is some time where we run some tests and he can give his insight from a camera perspective and I can do audio/sync tests.  Any tests in particular to try and run?

The first would be long-term sync--do a double system record + camera audio with claps every once in awhile over a long period of time, then add the audio from the audio recorder to the camera clip in an NLE and see how far and how fast the camera drifts off sync.   20-30 min or so.  The recorder should be one with an accurate clock  (ie SD/ZAX etc).  Besides that, how does it sound?

 

philp

[Michael Gilbert]

His ssd's are 256gb so it will get us about 30 minutes of RAW.  Compressed HD can be done.  I will check and see if the compression affects audio and drift in addition to the tests done with RAW. 

 

For the sync test, would there be a need to not feed audio from my deck into the camera for the purposes of sync and just use the on board mi?

[fatfatjames]

I some how can't find the vu display on the camera.

[remixr]

There is no vu display on the camera, you have to hook up an SDI monitor that supports display of audio levels to see vu levels. Black magic reps say the next release will add vu display to the internal BMCC monitor. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[Tom Maloney]

Found this from a rental house here in Chicago

Looks like this camera will make more work for us

 

 

 

Tom

[Shastapete]

I was "lucky" enough to do a two camera BMC shoot this week, and to make matters worse, I was using the producers audio kit and he insisted on direct to camera, single system audio.

 

- Probably a combination of my headphones and the long breakout cable run, but the HP out is quiet

- Didn't have time to test this my self, but the producer insisted on brick-wall limiting the audio at about -10dBFS he said there are some super aggressive limiters onboard that really fight you when you hit it too hard

- Also, no metering

- Non-locking connectors

 

I rolled a second recorder from my bag anyways but it is what it is. The DP and I commiserated at wrap about how we both hate the camera